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William Hutchinson (1850–1925), a long-time Sioux County judge, delivered this speech to the Fortnightly Club, a literary and musical society in Alton, Iowa, on March 17, 1919. In it, he describes the fraudulent acts of the first Sioux County officers and criticizes the Supreme Court decision regarding the 1868 tax sales of Sioux County lands. Hutchinson also recounts the removal of the county seat from Calliope to Orange City and discusses the 1882 political battles waged in the Iowa Index against Henry Hospers and Antonie Betten.

Publication Date

3-17-1919

City

ORANGE CITY

Keywords

F.M. Hubbell, E.L. Stone, W.H. Frame, Joseph Bell, Moses Lewis, Murray, Rufus Stone, Henry Hospers, Eli Johnson, Virginia planter, Jack Brown, Judge Allison, Calliope, Hollanders, Orange City, snow, grasshopper, land prices, Alton, Northwestern Railroad, Jelle Pelmulder, John H. Wyatt, H.J. Lenderink, T. H. Dunahm, Antonie Betten Jr., William Hubbard Kernan, D.O. Stone

Early History of Sioux County

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